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LONDON:
HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY,
ST. MARTIN'S LANE.
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1785 Sir John Macpherson's administration of twenty months 1786 War between Tippoo and the Mahrattas, in conjunction with the Nizanı
Lord Macarteny offered the Governor-Generalship; endeavours
to make terms, and is rejected
Changes in the system of appointing Governors-General
Lord Cornwallis appointed Governor-General
He applies to the correction of abuses
Numerous instances of abuse
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1788 The salaries of the Civilians augmented
1786 Lord Cornwallis's arrangement with Oude
1788 He demands the Guntoor Sirkar of the Nizam
The Nizam resigns it, and demands the full execution of the
treaty of 1768
1789 Lord Cornwallis's perplexity; his celebrated letter Tippoo takes offence at this letter
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He prepares for the attack of Travancore-Profligate conduct
of the Madras President
1789 Tippoo attacks the lines of Travancore
1790 Lord Cornwallis forms a tripartite treaty with the Nizam and
the Mahrattas
1790 Campaign of 1790 conducted unsuccessfully by General
Medows
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1790 Progress of the Mahratta contingent 1791 It reaches the English camp, as the retreat commences; its grand bazaar
Lord Cornwallis captures Bangalore
The Nizam's contingent reaches the English camp; descrip-
tion of it
Battle of Arikera won by Lord Cornwallis
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He is obliged to close the campaign, and retire for want of
provisions
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Mahrattas extort 14 lacs from Lord Cornwallis
Movements of the Mahrattas, of the Nizam, and of the English
after the retreat
1792 Lord Cornwallis takes the field with a magnificent convoy
Siege of Seringa patam
Tippoo sues for peace; conditions of the treaty
Remarks on the successive proposals of public men to relin-
quish territory in India
The normal principle of encroachment in native princes
The position in which the English found themselves placed in
India
Explanation of the augmentation of the British dominions
1793 Reduction of Tippoo's power
LORD CORNWALLIS'S ADMINISTRATION.-REVENUE AND JUDICIAL REFORMS.
-POWER OF SINDIA, 1786-1793.
1793 Lord Cornwallis's revenue reforms
Line of the Zemindars
1793 Evils of the revenue systems, 1772-1790
1786 Remedy ordered by the Court of Directors
1793 Question of the proprietary right in the lands; it is granted
to the Zemindars
Restrictions vainly imposed on the Zemindars regarding the
enhancement of rents
Mr. Pitt determines to make the settlement perpetual
Result of the perpetual settlement
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War between France and England; capture of Pondicherry.
1787 Progress of Sindia's encroachments in Hindostan
1788 He attacks the Rajpoots and is defeated
Lord Cornwallis's institutions for the administration of civil
Date.
CONTENTS.
1788 He puts out the emperor's eyes; he is himself put to death by
Sindia
1785-1790 Sindia organises a force under French officers.... 1790 He gains the battles of Patun and Mairta
1792 Sindia marches to Poona and invests the Peshwa with the title
obtained from the emperor
His mock humility
Severe action between the troops of Sindia and Holkar
1794 Death of Sindia
1786 Enlargement of the powers of the Governor-General ....
1788 Mr. Pitt's Declaratory Act for transferring power from the
Company to the Crown
Refuted by the experience of three-quarters of a century
CHAPTER XVIII.
ADMINISTRATION OF SIR JOHN SHORE, 1793-1795.
1793 Sir John Shore Governor-General
Guarantee treaty proposed by Lord Cornwallis, accepted by
the Nizam
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And rejected by the Mahrattas
Sir John Shore's neutrality
1794 Tippoo resolves to attack the Nizam
The Nizam claims the aid of the English, under the treaty of
1790
The Mahrattas attack the Nizam at Kurdla, and totally defeat
He is obliged to sign a disgraceful treaty
He increases his French forces, and plants them on the English
frontier
Remonstrance of Sir John Shore
Revolt of his son and its consequences.
Madhoo Rao Peshwa, galled by the restrain's of Nana Furnu- vese, puts an end to himself
1796 Great complication of affairs at Poona in consequence Bajee Rao at length becomes Peshwa ...
1797 Nana Furnuvese seized and confined
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Plunder of Poona by Sirjee Rao Ghatkay, at the instance of
Bajee Rao
1794 The question of the amalgamation of the King's and Com-
pany's troops
1795 Mutiny of the Bengal officers
1796 The weak and injudicious concessions of the Government
1797 Sir John Shore superseded; Lord Cornwallis appointed Gover-
nor-General
1797 He resigns the office six months after, in disgust
Vizier Ali appointed Nabob vizier of Oude
Sir John Shore discovers his spurious birth, and removes him
Oude considered by the natives a dependency of the Company
1798 Saadut Ali made Nabob vizier
Sir John Shore created Lord Teignmouth, and retires to
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CHAPTER XIX.
LORD WELLESLEY'S ADMINISTRATION.-FOURTH AND LAST MYSORE War,
1798-1799.
1798 Lord Wellesley, Governor General; his antecedents
Extinction of the balance of power
State of India
The Mauritius Proclamation
The Coast army ordered to assemble
Opposition of the Madras authorities
Danger from the French force at Hyderabad
Zemaun Shah prepares to invade India....
Lord Wellesley's vigorous policy
Proposed alliance with the Nizam reluctantly accepted
Sindia's proceedings at Poona
Proposed alliance with the Peshwa declined
Negotiations with Nagpore and Sindia ...
Extinction of the French force at Hyderabad
Mysore war sanctioned in England
First communication to Tippoo
Lord Wellesley embarks for Madras
1799 Continued correspondence with Tippoo
His professions of friendship, and his insincerity
Strength of the British force
Judicious selection of officers
Tippoo marches to the western coast, and is defeated..
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Creation of a new Mysore kingdom; the moving causes;
character of this arrangement... Allotment of the conquered territory Provision for Tippoo's family
Seringapatam booty
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